McAuliffe Elementary

McAuliffe Elementary operates as a moderately sized primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, one of the schools within Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 60 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (22,293 students total), McAuliffe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, McAuliffe Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, El Paso County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, McAuliffe Elementary lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, McAuliffe Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.3%; actual is 24.0%, a gap of -15.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household income runs about $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. McAuliffe Elementary is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

The closest other public school is Colorado Military Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McAuliffe Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McAuliffe Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. McAuliffe Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 448). Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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